Ahem. I love this more than I should probably admit in public.  And I suspect some of you do too. I keep thinking of all the things I'd do with them, like make them as hostess gifts or housewarming presents or party favors (you know, if we weren't in the [...]

This is your occasional reminder to set your thumb stitches aside on a piece of scrap yarn (rather than a spare needle) if at all possible.  You'll get a much better sense of the fit of the mitt when you try it on if they're on something bendy (and you [...]

You knew there would be another version.  I mean why stop with one when you can do a whole bunch. Because really, I suspect these are more fun in a whole village. And, before someone asks, I am totally filling mine with blocks. They provide a delightful structure and heft [...]

As usual, I want a set.  Apparently it's just how I'm wired (I'm also one of those people who feels a moral obligation to buy all the books in a series, even if I didn't especially like the first one, so I've clearly got some limitations I'm working with here, [...]

It's possible there are knitters out there who hate knitted leaves.  But I? I am not one of them.  I am, in fact, unreasonably fond of the silly things.  And Hitherto is a particularly lovely example of just how charming knitted leaves can be! I feel like I should have [...]

Grumble grumble grumble. FINE. The increases really do look better if the stitch on top of them is twisted. Which of course I didn't realize until I was three or four rows in. Which of course means I get to rip those stitches out and do a bit of surgery [...]

With the hat sorted (and due out on Tuesday, if nothing untoward happens in the meantime), clearly mitts are the next thing that need to happen. Because hats by themselves are just not nearly as much fun as hats and mitts together.  That's my theory and I'm sticking to it!

If I could wave a magic wand and grant you a knitting super power it would be blocking.  Blocking your knits makes them So Damn Much Better it's basically a magic trick.  I know some people fight it (not sure why mind you...but the evidence sure suggests that some of [...]

Somehow, and I am not at all sure how so please don't ask, it's basically September.  It's basically September, and it's actually starting to be cool at night.  I am completely torn between 'wait, slow down, we didn't actually get a summer what with all the staying home so as [...]

Look, this year is a dumpster fire.  It just is.  But for the love of wool, I am taking any tiny bit of joy I can find and clinging to it like a needy little barnacle. And these silly little things?  Well they bring me joy. They seem to do [...]